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I have to turn the comments off. The amount of comments spam that I’m having to deal with is unbelievable. If you want to get in touch with me, please email me directly at brad [at] bradbarrish [dot] com.

WIRED has an interview with Scott MacGregor, Thunderbird’s lead engineer, about webmail vs desktop email. It got me thinking, but I really believe I’ve finally found the best solution for me. Historically, I switch email clients and MX records a lot. I’m always trying out what I think is the ultimate solution and as soon as I discover a show stopper, I switch again. Back in February I moved whatevernevermind.com over to Google Apps and then upgraded to the Premier Edition. I tend to keep a lot of email and I didn’t want to have to worry about running out of space. I’ve been really happy with Gmail and don’t plan on switching back to a desktop application. As much as I love Apple Mail, Gmail’s functionality makes things a lot easier for me and I’m more productive. The only problem I have with Gmail is that my email isn’t available to me when I’m offline. It doesn’t happen often enough for me to switch back to a desktop solution. I use my Fastmail account as a backup, should something happen to my Gmail. I think I’ve finally found the perfect email solution for me. And the best part is that I can use Outlook 2007 under Vista for my work email. It works so much better than Outlook 2003 under XP.

We made some more announcements today about the US and UK shows. Check out liveearth.org for all of the details. Things are really heating up at the office. We have a lot of Live Earth people wandering around with new ones coming in all the time. The phones are ringing off the hook with people that want to be involved. I’ve even received a few emails from friends of friends. It’s gong to be a really massive and amazing event. Stay tuned.